…through the use of Problem Based Learning or Inquiry, Teaching to Ability Not Grade and use of Technology.
This is about finding a personalized student-education match to instill 21st Century Learning Skills creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration.
Every student should be able to find success and become a master at something. Having done that, they can translate their success into other areas.
I believe that all students should have a chance to learn at a pace and in a way congruent with their individual ability. The aim should be to keep students engaged and challenged by meeting them where they really are—not where they should be based on their age. (I borrowed this from another schools philosophy statementhttp://aceraschool.org/).
There are many technological and educational practices that can enhance this process. We all have faced the fact that we are “digital immigrants” teaching “digital natives” http://dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/category/custom-learning/ … now we need to work within that digital world to challenge them to become creative, think critically, communicate effectively and collaborate successfully.
A FABLE? One time the animals had a school. The curriculumconsisted of running, climbing, flying and swimming,and all the animals took all the subjects. The duck was good in swimming, better than hisinstructor, and he made passing grades in flying,but was practically hopeless in running. He was madeto stay after school and drop his swimming class inorder to practice running. He kept this up until hewas only average in swimming. But, average is acceptable,so nobody worried about that but the duck. The eagle was considered a problem pupil and wasdisciplined severely. He beat all the others to the topof the tree in the climbing class, but he had used hisown way of getting there. The rabbit started out at the top of his class in running,but had a nervous breakdown and had to drop out of schoolon account of so much makeup work in swimming. The squirrel led the climbing class, but his flying teachermade him start his flying lessons from the ground insteadof the top of the tree, and he developed charley horsesfrom overexertion at the takeoff and began getting C's inclimbing and D's in running. The practical prairie dogs apprenticed their offsprings toa badger when the school authorities refused to adddigging to the curriculum. At the end of the year, an eel that could swim well, run,climb, and fly a little was made valedictorian. --printed in The Instructor, April. 1968
…through the use of Problem Based Learning or Inquiry, Teaching to Ability Not Grade and use of Technology.
This is about finding a personalized student-education match to instill
21st Century Learning Skills
creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration.
Every student should be able to find success and become a master at something. Having done that, they can translate their success into other areas.
I believe that all students should have a chance to learn at a pace and in a way congruent with their individual ability. The aim should be to keep students engaged and challenged by meeting them where they really are—not where they should be based on their age. (I borrowed this from another schools philosophy statementhttp://aceraschool.org/).
There are many technological and educational practices that can enhance this process. We all have faced the fact that we are “digital immigrants” teaching “digital natives” http://dreamsofeducation.wordpress.com/category/custom-learning/
… now we need to work within that digital world to challenge them to become creative, think critically, communicate effectively and collaborate successfully.
ModelSchool: http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTE/
ModelSchool: http://aceraschool.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=9
Strategies
Assessment
A FABLE?
One time the animals had a school. The curriculumconsisted of running, climbing, flying and swimming,and all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was good in swimming, better than hisinstructor, and he made passing grades in flying,but was practically hopeless in running. He was madeto stay after school and drop his swimming class inorder to practice running. He kept this up until hewas only average in swimming. But, average is acceptable,so nobody worried about that but the duck.
The eagle was considered a problem pupil and wasdisciplined severely. He beat all the others to the topof the tree in the climbing class, but he had used hisown way of getting there.
The rabbit started out at the top of his class in running,but had a nervous breakdown and had to drop out of schoolon account of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel led the climbing class, but his flying teachermade him start his flying lessons from the ground insteadof the top of the tree, and he developed charley horsesfrom overexertion at the takeoff and began getting C's inclimbing and D's in running.
The practical prairie dogs apprenticed their offsprings toa badger when the school authorities refused to adddigging to the curriculum.
At the end of the year, an eel that could swim well, run,climb, and fly a little was made valedictorian.
--printed in The Instructor, April. 1968